TBP Dec 2013 Newsletter, Vol 1, Issue 3

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December 2013

Volume 1, Issue 3 The Brit Pack-OB

The Bri t Pack - OB

Highl ights:

Bobby Long helpsa worthy cause

Robert Pattinsonhelps RecycledOrchestra

Marcus Fosterplays the SongbirdMusic Festival

Lee MacDougalltours Germany

Tom Sturridgesfilms Far From TheMadding Crowd

Sam captures Fall

Individual News:

Bobby 2

Marcus 2

Sam 3

Lee 3

Robert 4

Tom 4Friends of TBP 5

Fan Page 6

Street Teams 7

Brit-Pack Store 8

Advertisement 9

Moderated and written by Mindy Marin and Tawa Witko

On November 14thinOrlando, FL AdministratorMindy attended a lovelyshow at the DandelionCafe featuring the talentedMs. Lee Lindsey. Whilethere she sat down withLee in hopes of gettingTBPs second interview of

the year but being theprofessed Mama bear sheis Lee conducted her owninterview, on Mindy!Making known that herintentions were goodMindy spent the next fewhourstalking and laughingwith Lee about life on the

Lee Lindsey talks music and life

g ves ac t roug t e nternat ona e cCorps and the GO CampaignDuring this time of year weoften think about those lessfortunate than us. This pastmonth two charitable eventsoccurred that were linked toTBP.

On November 8ththeInternational Medical Corpshosted their Annual AwardsCelebration where theyhonored Hillary Clinton,Johnathan Glaser, Amgen

and Amenan VirginieTanou.

The IMC is a global,humanitarian, nonprofitorganization dedicated tosaving lives and relievingsuffering through healthcare training and relief aswell as various programs.

One of the programs of theIMC is the First Responders

road. And what was to be aninterview turned into afantastic chat with a newfound friend. The actualinterview had to be re-scheduled & Lee graciouslyagreed to do it over thephone on November 27thonher way home.

When asked about how shedecided to pursue music sheindicated that she neverwanted a music career andinstead chose modelingwhich allowed her to travel.It wasnt until after she hadher children that shedecided to give music a go.

She states shes been writinsongs for twenty years now

When asked what it has beelike putting together hercurrent album, Flowers, shestated she felt as if theuniverse came together to gthe album made. She

struggled with putting hervision forth and mentionedhow her son,Sam, actuallyhelped her rerecord it, doingall the percussions andacoustics.

Speaking on songwriting Ledidnt feel that there was an

Continued on pag

which is being led by theirglobal ambassador SiennaMiller (Toms fiance).Among the many celebritieslisted as First Respondersare our very own BritPackers, Robert Pattinsonand Tom Sturridge.

The First Responders arepart of a campaign geared toeducate, advocate and drawattention to the many

humanitarian crises going onaround the world. Moreinformation about thisprogram can be found here:http://tinyurl.com/nxnefeb

Currently the IMC is seekingdonations to help thoseaffected by Typhoon Haiyanin the Philippines. If youwould like to help with reliefefforts you can do so here:http://tinyurl.com/pl3rv7z

The second charitable evethat occurred was the 6thAnnual GO GO Gala onNovember 14thwhere morethan 200 people turned ouThe event raised half a mildollars towards projects thsupport orphans andvulnerable children worldw

One of those in attendancewas Robert Pattinson whoattended with his agent

Stephanie Ritz.The Gala was hosted byAdam Shankman with musguest Melissa Etheridge, Glocal hero Jane Ekayu andconcert by the CrossroadsSchool of Music featuringstudents who played recycinstruments from the GORecycled Orchestraprogra

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Sam conitnues to work onmaterial for his new album.

He did tease us earlier thismonth with this Facebookstatus on November 7th:

Got some goodies comingin December!

We sure hope this meansthat we will be getting aspecial surprise like a newalbum or possibly a newsong this month?

For those that dont know,Sam is also a phenomenalphotographer. He couldeasily create one of those

Sam Bradley News

Lee has kept himself verybusy as of late as hecontinued his whirlwind tourof Germany through-outNovember. A tour whichincluded several privateshows as well as largervenues.

He is currently on the lastleg of his tour with TomLneburger with only onegig left on Dec 7thin Berlin.

So what will Lee do nowthat he isnt performing allacross Germany? Well, he

Lee MacDougall News

coffee table books of hispictures. Thats how

wonderful they are. If youhave Instagram you shoulddefinitely follow him. Hereis the link to his Instagramfor those that dont have it.http://tinyurl.com/mcgcdts

So have you all boughtSams EP NotYour Kind?If not you really need to geton this.

Not Your Kind is a fantasticalbum that you should all

add to your collection. Forthose that have not heard

any of the songs from hisEP you can hear them here.

These are all from his LateNight London Sessions.

Not Your Kindhttp://tinyurl.com/ly8enyw

Science Prevents Mehttp://tinyurl.com/kfm8kwf

Only Humanhttp://tinyurl.com/mxdu34s

Little Sisterhttp://tinyurl.com/kpatnpx

Bless Her Soulhttp://tinyurl.com/ktzr5fz

oked on a Facebookstatus, November 13ththathe needed a Holiday. Ofcourse that was right in themiddle of his current tour

No, it looks like Lee willonly get a few months ofHolidayas he has already

started setting up a springtour of Germany, calledTales from Britain. He will beaccompanied on tour thistime around by the UK bandThe Paper Aeroplanes. TheTales from Britain tour willbegin on March 20thand

continue through April 10th.Although this may beextended as more dates aresure to be added.

You can purchase tickets forLees upcoming tour here:http://tinyurl.com/lcgk645

You can purchase Not Your Kind hhttp://tinyurl.com/kn32b9w

Tweets from the Brit Pack

Sam Bradley @samueltwitt1 Nov 16Just sitting back and relaxing listening to music. I love music- who else loves music?Let's love people

Bobby Long @BobbyLongNews Nov 20Gonna have a cup of tea, in the bath, while listening to the Ashes. And I wrote a good

song today. Good evening

Marcus Foster @MarcusFoster1 Nov 21I'm thinking about recording a christmas song, anyone got any good suggestions?

Lee MacDougall @LeeMacDougall Nov 19Sitting in Berlin. Surrounded by Germans. Come on England!
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Roberts filming schedule

continues to shuffle asfilms fight for dominance.Okay, maybe thats a bit

extreme but it does appearthat there is a constantbattle between which ofhis movies will be shotfirst. Added to the mix is anew film that Robert hasnow become attached toentitled, THE LOST CITYOF Z.

THE LOST CITY OF Z is

based on the book of thesame name by DavidGrann. It tells the tale ofBritish explorer PeterFawcett (to be played byBenedict Cumberbatch)who disappears in theAmazon with his son, insearch of an ancient lostcity.

Robert Pattinson News

Tom continues to be busyfilming FAR FROM THEMADDING CROWD. Afterall the great behind thescenes pictures we got lastmonth, this month hasbeen rather quiet.

Remember we do have analbum of set pics on ourFacebook Page which youcan access here:http://tinyurl.com/lwa7btm

And you can follow theMadding Crowd Movie onInstagram at:http://tinyurl.com/mcf2npyOne lovely thing thathappened this month wasthat some new behind the

Tom Sturridge News

There is no word on whatrole Robert would play inthe film but it is scheduledto begin filming nextsummer. We will keep youupdated as new informationis received.

So lets see if we can fine

tune Roberts filmingscheduled shall we?

Production Weekly hasbeen flipping things aroundover the past several

weeks as dates of filmingare worked out but as itstands at the time of thispublication the followingschedule is at play.

QUEEN OF THE DESERTis scheduled to start filmingon January 13thwith pre-shoots starting onDecember 18thwhile LIFE

is scheduled to start shootingsometime in February (nospecific date is listed as ofyet) and MISSIONBLACKLIST is scheduled tobegin sometime betweenApril and June. The new filmTHE LOST CITY OF Zshould begin filmingsometime between July andSeptember.

For those interested in whatpre-shoots often entail hereis a link to more information:

http://tinyurl.com/m576xrh

UPCOMING PROJECTS:

* The Rover (2014)

* Map to the Stars (2014)

* Queen of the Desert (2015)

* Life (2015)

* Mission Blacklist (2015)

* The Lost City of Z (2015)

* Hold on to Me (?)

scenes pictures werereleased from ON THEROAD.

Tom playing Carlo Marx

Tom with Garrett Hedlund

and Kirsten Dunst

Tom with Sam Riley

If you havent watched

Toms fabulous portrayal of

Carlo Marx (Allen Ginsberg

in real life) in ON THEROAD then you are trulymissing out on somethingextraordinary. Watch it! Youwont be disappointed.

UPCOMING PROJECTS:

* Effie Gray (2014)

* Far from the MaddingCrowd (2014)

Robert Pattinson attends the 6thAnnual GO GO GalaNovember 14, 2013

Rob attended the function, aimedat helping orphans around theworld, with his long time agent,

Stephanie Ritz.

Tom Sturridge on the set of Far

From the Madding Crowd

October, 2013
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Ben Howard is a talentedsinger and songwriter whohas been producing music

for quite a while. You mayhave seen him when hetoured with Marcus Fosterin 2012. He is currentlysigned to Communion

specific song that repres-ented her as an artist butinstead identified the songsshe enjoys singing themost which were Warrior,River, California, WildChild, Journey and HigherGround.

We commented about herseeming to enjoy perform-ing in small venues andasked if there was a reasonfor that. She simplylaughed and indicated the

Lee Lindsey, continued from page 1

Meet Ben Howard

Friends of the Brit PackLee Lindsey

Canadian Singer/Songwriter(and mother to Sam Bradley!)

www.leelindsey.com/

Ryan KeenEnglish Singer/Songwriterwww.ryankeen.co.uk/

Andrew GarfieldBritish-American Actor

www.andrewgarfield.us/

Johnny FlynnBritish Actor, Musician and Poet

http://www.johnny-flynn.com

Ben HowardEnglish singer/songwriter

www.benhowardmusic.co.uk/

Holly ConlanLos Angeles basedSinger/Songwriter

http://www.hollyconlan.com/

Ruston KellyNashville based singer

songwriter/multi-instrumentalistwww.rustonkelly.com

Sean RoweMusician and Naturalist

www.seanrowe.net/

Michael Bernard FitzgeraldSinger/Songwriterhttp://www.ilovembf.com/

need to find a way to makethis happen.

Lee was such a sweetheartwith this interview and we

thank her immensely fortaking the time to talk to us

big venues hadnt booked

her yet. She does like theintimacy of the small sitesbut larger venues aredefinitely a goal of hers.

Unfortunately, the signalbecame a bit sketchy andshe only had the chance toanswer one final questionand that was a difinitive yesto wanting to someday tourwith her children, Sam andGrace, should schedulesand timing work out. We may

Records which incidentally

is also Marcus Fosterslabel.

Bens first studio album,Every Kingdom, wasreleased in October 2011.He followed it up a yearlater with his EP, BurghIsland. For those WalkingDead fans, his song, Oatsin the Water was featuredin Season 4s episodeentitled Internment.

Bens toured many musicfestivals over the past yearincluding Lollapalooza,Coachella, and Glastonburyand continues to be noticed

worldwide.

This year at the BRIT Award(the British equivalent to theGrammys), Ben wasnominated and then won thBritish Breakthrough Act anthe British Solo Male Artist.

For those who havent hearhim here is a sampling ofsongs from Every Kingdom

Only Lovehttp://tinyurl.com/l9gjc25

Old Pinehttp://tinyurl.com/k9zfqfd

The Wolveshttp://tinyurl.com/oov5lxb
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Singer, Songwriter, Photographer

The Brit PackOfficial Britster Fan PageWe would like to feature all Britsters and their fan encounters here. So if you have been to a show, got some pictures and

are willing to tell the tale. Please email Mindy or Tawa so that we can get your story in one of the newsletters.

We didnt have a fan account to include in this months newsletter so we decided to take a moment and post a few photofrom Sam Bradleys Instagram. He truly has an amazing eye for photography and we at TBP would love to see him producsome form of book highlighting his pictures. Hes clearly very multi talented. The pictures presented below are only a sam

of what he has taken. Please check out (and follow) his Instagram and see just how brilliant he is.

http://instagram.com/sambradley
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Mindy MarinTawa Witko

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INSTAGRAM:www.instagram.com/thebritpack

The Brit Pack - Officia

Britster

Street Team Contact Info

While the Brit Pack-OBpromotes all the guys in aconsolidated format most

of the guys also havespecific Street Teams thathelp publicize their events.

These street teams postflyers around town andhost events geared atbringing awareness to theindividual guysalbums,shows, etc. They are aninvaluable asset to thepromotion of the Brit Pack.

If you would like to be a partof any of the street teamsplease contact them at their

Twitter or Facebook pages.They can always use morehelp.

Bobby Long Street Team:T:http://tinyurl.com/mgjj3abFB:http://bit.ly/Sqjafq

Sam Bradley Street Team:T:http://tinyurl.com/kvzqoevFB:http://tinyurl.com/lo3t48b

Marcus Foster Street Team:T:http://tinyurl.com/kdmx88tFB:http://tinyurl.com/kr8khbt

Lee MacDougall Street Team:T:http://tinyurl.com/l6og2p6FB:http://tinyurl.com/mklshm2

Charities, continued from page 1A very lively auction tookplace, featuring RobertPattinson, after the Cross-roads School of Music per-formed. The end result wasa winning bid of $5600which garnered Rob arecycled cello from theRecycled Orchestraproject.

You can read more aboutthe Gala on their website:http://tinyurl.com/lgmvcvv

The Go Campaign was notexpecting the support thatRobert Pattinson fansshowed their organizationand the outpouring ofdonations that ensued,following Roberts leadat

the Gala. Check out theirtweets from Nov 20, 2013:

Go Campaign @thegocampaignMatch the $5600 #robpattinson

donated for a cello for#RecycledOrchestra to reach

$10,000 toward our goal today!

Go Campaign @thegocampaignSpecial thanks for those donatingto #RecycledOrchestra in honor

#robpattinson & helping kids!

Go Campaign @thegocampaign#robpattinson fans, we asked youto match Rob's $5600 donation &you raised over $10,000 today for

#RecycledOrchestra! Hugethanks!!!

Go Campaign @thegocampaignOur #RecycledOrchestra projectis now 70% funded w/ huge help

from #robpattinson fans

The Recycled Orchestraiscurrently funded at 76%,lets get it to 100% Britsters!http://tinyurl.com/qdqzf2w

About the Brit PackOfficial Britster

The Brit PackOfficial Britsterwas started by Mindy Marin withthe help of Tawa Witko as aplace to come to get the most

updated information about allthe Brit Pack boys.

Mindy Marin and Tawa Witkohave both been avid supportersof all the Brit Pack for years butit wasnt until last year that they

realized their common vision ofpromoting these amazingmusicians and actors to theworld.

This newsletter is for all of us so ifyou would like to submit an articleor photo, or would like us to covera particular event pleasecontact

Mindy or Tawa.

We welcome all ideas andsuggestions. We do ask thoughthat all submissions be receivedby the 25thof each month to beconsidered for the next monthsissue.

Thank you everyone for yourcontinued support of the Brit Pack.
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The Bri t Pack Store Feature of the Mon thThe Brit Pack Calendar

We know that many of you are starting to get ready for the new year and what better way than a 2014 calendar featuring the Brit Pack including preset US/UK Holidays, film festivals, music festivals, awards shows and all the boys birthdays. Itsmust have. The cost is $15 and you can order the calandar through the Brit Pack-OB website: http://bit.ly/IipTWA
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